PORTLAND, CT (WFSB) – A excessive schooler engaged on her senior Capstone undertaking got here up with one particular fundraiser.

She targeted on the cuteness of canines and the way it might assist the humane society.

At the Portland Riverfront Park, the canines and their individuals who love them confirmed up one-by-one, every pet posing an image.

The brainchild of 17-year-old senior Kayla Deckelman for senior Capstone undertaking.

“It’s a lot of work. It’s worth a full credit of school,” mentioned Kayla.

Eyewitness News spoke along with her per week or so earlier than the photoshoot.

She talked about how and why she selected this undertaking.

“It was going to be a fundraiser for the humane society, but I feel like I have to do more. People are just going to want to donate. As much as I love people, they want something in return,” Kayla mentioned.

So she got here up with a pets solely photoshoot.

Folks paid a payment, some even donating above and past. All the proceeds are going on to the Connecticut Humane Society.

“At first it was really stressful, it’s still stressful,” Kayla mentioned. “I put a lot of effort into it. I still have a lot more to go. I think that I’m making a difference.”

With the assistance {of professional} Photographer Shari Ciarelgio, they pulled it off.

Not simply the undertaking however for Kayla, the a lot greater objective behind it.

“So, I didn’t want to do something that was just like you do it for yourself or you do it for your school, I wanted it to be reaching out to multiple people,” Kayla mentioned.

A literal pet undertaking for a highschool senior taking her shot and making the grade.

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